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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is presented with a rose during a visit to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The duchess visited charities Tuesday on her first Valentine's Day as a married woman, while more than 7,900 miles away her husband Prince William, is on a six-week posting in the Falkland Islands as part of his role as an Royal Air Force search-and-rescue pilot.

A man is hustled away by police after being detained during a protest against the hardline Muslim group Islamic Defender Front. Some 200 Indonesians converged on a Jakarta square to denounce the Islamic vigilante group known for its armed attacks on minorities and moderates.

Pictures in the News | February 14, 2012

Today we are bringing you our Valentine’s Day installment of Pictures in the News. We begin in England where Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visited charities on her first Valentine’s Day as a married woman while her husband, Prince William, was in the midst of a six-week posting in the Falkland Islands as a Royal Air Force pilot. In Germany a heart-shaped balloon lies on a frost-covered street in Frankfurt and a couple kiss inside an inflatable church in Berlin. In China a couple lock lips for 60 seconds to receive free food in a kissing competition in Shanghai, and in Poland a young woman meets a balloon vendor in Warsaw.

In Kosovo, a security worker at a power plant makes his rounds through clouds of steam. Elsewhere, an Egyptian tries out a mock grave dug for former President Hosni Mubarak; people cheer near the White House to welcome China’s Vice President Xi Jinping; and police break up a protest by about 200 Indonesians denouncing an Islamic vigilante group known for attacking minorities and moderates.